Charles Amadeus, Duke of Nemours

Charles Amadeus
Duke of Nemours
Spouse	Élisabeth de Bourbon
Issue
Marie Jeanne, Duchess of Savoy Marie Françoise, Queen of Portugal
House	House of Savoy
Father	Henri of Savoy
Mother	Anne de Lorraine
Born	12 April 1624(1624-04-12) Paris, France
Died	30 July 1652(1652-07-30) (aged 28) Paris, France
Burial	Notre Dame d'Annecy, Annecy
Religion	Roman Catholic

Charles Amadeus of Savoy (French: Charles Amédée de Savoie) (12 April 1624 – 30 July 1652) was a French military leader and magnate and Duke of Nemours. He was the father of the penultimate Duchess of Savoy and Queen of Portugal

Biography

He was the younger son of Henri of Savoy and Anne de Lorraine. He was a brother of Louis of Savoy.

He served in the Army of Flanders in 1645, and in the following year commanded the light cavalry at the siege of Kortrijk. In 1652 he took part in the war of the Fronde, and fought at Bleneau and at the Faubourg St Antoine, where he was wounded. He was shot and killed the same year in a duel by his brother-in-law, François de Bourbon, Duke of Beaufort.

Charles Amadeus' brother Henri, who had been archbishop of Reims, withdrew from orders in order to succeed him to the title of Duke of Nemours.

He married on July 11, 1643 at the Louvre, Élisabeth de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Vendôme, the daughter of the Duke of Vendôme, the illegitimate son of King Henry IV of France and his mistress, Gabrielle d'Estrées. Her mother was the wealthy heiress, Françoise de Lorraine (1592–1669), the daughter of Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercœur and a cousin of the Duke of Lorraine.

Charles had five children, two daughters and three sons. Only his daughters survived;

• Marie Jeanne Baptiste of Savoy, Mademoiselle de Nemours (1644–1724), who married Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy, in 1665, and had issue;
• Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy, Mademoiselle d'Aumale (1646–1683), who married king Alphonso VI of Portugal, in 1666 and afterwards Afonso's younger brother, Pedro, Duke of Beja, regent of Portugal, and had issue.

His granddaughter Isabel Luisa of Portugal was heiress-presumptive to the throne of Portugal and Princess of Beira, and his grandson Victor Amadeus II of Savoy became in 1712 king of the island of Sicily and in 1720 instead king of Sardinia. Descendants of Victor Amadeus II are represented in practically all Catholic royal families of Europe.

He was buried at the Notre Dame d'Annecy in Annecy, the capital of the Duchy of Nemours.

Ancestry

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 

Preceded by Louis of Savoy

Duke of Nemours 1641–1652

Succeeded by Henri of Savoy

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Name	Amadeus, Charles, Duke Of Nemours
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Date of birth	12 April 1624
Place of birth	Paris, France
Date of death	30 July 1652
Place of death	Paris, France